Chair-seat.



M. LMARYMONT.

CHAIR SEAT.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28. 1914.

Patented Oct. 3, 1916.

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CHAIR-SEAT.

Specification of Letters Patent. I

Application filed October 28, 1914. Serial No. 868,943.

ments in upholstered seats, of the type found ready in the market to be attached to chairs, stools, benches and the like, by the owners, users or laymen who generally are not skilled in the art. Accordingly such seats must be constructed so that they are easily and quickly attached to a chair for instance, with as little work or inconvenience as possible.

The present invention more particularly pertains to improvements in upholstered chair seats of the kind in which a steelplate forms the base. While it is easy to apply a filler to a wooden base and fix it by nails, it

- is diflicult to apply the filler to a steel plate,

because no nails can be applied thereto. Further, the filler, for instance hair, settles on the edge portion, whereby an uneven and unsightly edge results and the filler will not retain its position for a long time and dislocation takes place, whereby the seat becomes inconvenient and useless.

It is the special purpose of the present invention to overcome the described defects and produce an improved chair seat embodying a steel plate and in which no filler can settle on the edge, nor is dislocation of the filler possible. Thus, the novel seat has a relatively very thin edge which is of neat appearance when the seat is applied and it does not need to be countersunk. These main advantages primarily have been attained by means of a divided inner layer of peculiar construction which prevents the filler from getting on the edge portion and retains it in position. The divided inner layers permits of having the filler applied by unskilled labor and in a very convenient manner, whereby a saving in time and wages results.

In order to render the invention entirely clear reference is had to the accompanying drawing in which: I s

Figure 1 represents in bottom plan view an unfinished chair seat embodying in desirable form the present improvements.

steel plate (Z.

Fig. 2 is a partial cross section of the finished seat on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a cross sectional enlarged detail view of an edge portion of the seat. Fig. 4 illustrates in top plan view, on a reduced scale the finished seat. Fig. 5 is a plan view of unfinished seat of modified form.

; Similar characters of reference denote like parts in all the figures.

Inthe drawing, a represents the cover of :the seat which is of usual form having straight side edges and slightly curved front and rear edges. Upon the inner surface of the cover there is a layer 6 of ratherstilf material such as strong paper, thin card board or stiffened textile fabric. The layer 5 is of the same shape as the cover a but smaller, as shown in Fig. 1. The edge portions of the layer Z) are secured to the inner surface of the cover, preferably by gluing it thereto to form a pocket, as shown at b in Fig. 3. The large loose inner portion of the layer 6 has centrally an opening and is radially cut to form a numberof'sections or flaps of which the side flaps 5 b are large and extend each along the entire length of a straight side edge. Adjoining the curved front edge of the layer 1) two separate flaps b 5 are formed and on its curved rear edge two similar separate flaps b, b have been produced so as to divide these curved sec- I tions for easy folding, as shown in Fig. 1.

The cover blank a and the sectional layer '6 glued thereto with its edge portion are placed in a suitable mold of known construction and the single flaps of the layer folded upward whereupon the filler c, for instance hair, is placed therein upon the inner surface of the cover. It is evident that no filler will reach-beyond the .glued portion of the layer 5 and the filler is applied very quickly and conveniently. Now, the steel plate cl is gummed on one edge portion and applied to the layer Z). This gummed portion is designated by the ref erence character al in Fig. 3. In order to secure the edge portion of the cover a, said edge portion is provided with glue and the edge a folded over upon the edge of the The glued section referred to is designated by the reference character 6 in Fig. 3. The seat now is placed in the mold in the usual manner and pressed to give it the form shown in Fig. 2 in longitudinally partial section and in top plan View in Fig.

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4. A plurality of holes 6 are now produced on the edge portion of the seat whereupon the same is ready for use.

From the foregoing description it is apparent that no gimp is required and used in the present invention, whereby a further saving is effected.

A modified form of chair seat embodying the present invention is illustrated in Fig. 5. This seat is circular in shape and comprises a circular cover f and a somewhat smaller circular inner layer 9 glued to the inner surface of thecover with its edge portion in the manner herein described. The layer 9, being circular is composed of a plurality of inner sections g 9 etc., of equal size for easy folding. The circular layer is radially cut from a central opening and the circular seat naturally contains a circular steel plate. Otherwise the seat is exactly constructed and produced as herein described, the main feature of the present invention being the inner layer of rather stiff material divided into a plurality of sections and secured with the edge portion to the inner surface of the cover.

I claim as my invention A chair seat ready to be attached to a chair comprising a cover, a layer of stiff material with edge portions secured to the inner surface of the cover forming a loose inner portion with a central opening and radial flaps, said layer With inner radial flaps forming a pocket with the inner portion of the cover for the reception of the filler.

Signed at New York, N. Y., this 26th day of October 1914.

MAX J. MARYMONT.

Witnesses MORRIS Wnrss, IDA E. ROLAND.

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. Washington, D. 0.. 

